Unemployment Experience of Individuals Over a Decade: Variations by Sex, Race and Age

Authors

Herbert S. Parnes, Rutgers University

Publication Date

1-1-1982

DOI

10.17848/9780880996082

Abstract

Uses NLS data to show that unemployment leads to lost earnings and long-term reductions in earning capacity.

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Contents

1. Introduction
2. Extent and Distribution of Unemployment
3. The Correlates of Unemployment
4. Chronic Unemployment and Average Hourly Earnings
5. The Anatomy of Chronic Unemployment Distribution of Unemployment and Absence from Labor Force
6. Summary and Conclusions

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ISBN

9780880990028 (pbk.) ; 9780880996082 (ebook)

Subject Areas

UNEMPLOYMENT, DISABILITY, and INCOME SUPPORT PROGRAMS; Poverty and income support; Low wage labor markets